VBA button not clicking - element not visible error

Question

I'm trying to click a button using a VBA Chrome driver via Selenium but I get an ElementNotVisibleError

The HTML code for the button is -

<button class="base-button" id="primary-button" classnames="primary-button" title="Continue">Continue</button>

I've tried to check the element exists and VBA returns TRUE for the following -

MyBrowser.IsElementPresent(Findby.ID("primary-button"))

but when I try to click the button using the following code, i get the error -

MyBrowser.FindElementById("primary-button").Click

IsElementPresent is not the same as IsElementVisible. Have you tried the latter? Further, i assume the element IS actually visible in the browser, to yourself? — C. Peck
– C. Peck, Commented Jul 25, 2022 at 4:32
You could try another way to access it, by finding it by xPath. — ALeXceL
– ALeXceL, Commented Jul 25, 2022 at 11:49
@C.Peck I'm unsure how to check if the element is visible in VBA, IsElementVisible isn't a command. The element is visible to myself in the browser. — Vik
– Vik, Commented Jul 25, 2022 at 20:02

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-25 11:58:38Z

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To click on the element you can use either of the following locator strategies:

Using FindElementByCss:

MyBrowser.FindElementByCss("button.base-button#primary-button[title='Continue']").Click

Using FindElementByXPath:

MyBrowser.FindElementByXPath("//button[@class='base-button' and @id='primary-button'][@title='Continue' and text()='Continue']").Click

answered Jul 25, 2022 at 11:58

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tibibou · Accepted Answer · 2023-12-06 13:29:37Z

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The solution I use which seems to work in all cases:

driver.ExecuteScript "arguments[0].click();", driver.FindElementByXPath("//div[@id='search-engine']/div/div/div[2]")

Of course, you can use findelementbywhatever...

answered Dec 6, 2023 at 13:29

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